Saturday, May 16, 2009

Various iterations of gtk+ 2.6.10 for Windows

Today I was searching for various iterations of later Gtk+ 2.6.xx runtimes compiled for Windows, to see which project offers their most recent version of Gtk+ 2.6 and if there is anything newer than 2.6.10-rc1.

The reason for this kind of search is that Gtk+ 2.6.10 is the last major version of Gtk+ to run on Windows 98/Me, providing compatibility for a number of important Gtk-based applications, including Pidgin, an instant messaging program and GIMP, an image processing app.

The free software nature of Gtk+ means that many projects that depend on Gtk+ can create their own versions that may be more compatible with their apps.

The GladeWin project at SourceForge.net has perhaps the most stable version of Gtk+ that I know of, offering2.6.10-rc1 for download.

The Gimp-Win project, which specialises in releasing The GIMP for Windows, offersGtk+ 2.6.10-20050823.This is possibly the most widespread variant of all Gtk+ 2.6.xx releases available, but not all that stable.